Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
| Address: | 8217 S Hosmer St, Tacoma, WA 98408, USA |
| Phone: | +1 253-531-8888 |
| Site: | greatwallwa.com |
| Rating: | 2.9 |
| Working: | 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–9:30PM |
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A Private User
I am open minded about all kinds of food so im usually positive but this place was D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G. To start off when we were being seated we noticed a familiar stench, it was horse manure. It literally smelled like horse dung,and were from the country so we dont mind horse dung just not when were eating. Its in the ghetto and its surrounded by gang members. They do have a mongolian grill but my wife got chicken noodles and terriaki sauce but when they cooked it the guy put additional sauces on her food, sauces she never asked for. The food is gross, and where we were seated they had fish tanks with nasty brown water. We looked underneath some tables and we thought we saw mouse traps but it was just the table legs. Now im going to end on a good note, I usually try to find the positive in every aspect of food but it was hard at this place. The only good aspect I could find was in the bill, the prices are reasonable. however, dont waste food.If they think you wasted food they will charge you $5.99 per pound. When we got the reciept they had the tip rates on the reciept, it was like they expected you to give a tip to bad service. So if do decide to disreguard this warning and decide to eat here, I bid you good luck in not getting shot or mugged, thank you.
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Hue Hua
Price was not terrible I suppose at $13 for the dinner buffet. The problem was with the food selection first off, very poor fare, I understand its a lower priced buffet, but Ive had such better selection and freshness for that price before. All the seafood looked scary, I had some of the rubbery clams and one oyster before I realized that was probably a mistake (not vomiting yet) It took about five minutes before anyone acknowledged us to be seated. sticky handles on almost every serving ladle along with mismatched plastic glasses with a faint scent of soap. Clientele was almost 80% Hispanic but felt very out of place as all eyes were on me and my girlfriend the entire time we ate there. Just staring at us with daggers, so not sure if its some secret club or something along those lines, but be prepared for a bit of a culture shock. The staff was pleasant with the three sentences exchanged " Two please " " Water please "... Actually it was two sentences.
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liz guild
Me and my daughter have been going there for the last decade...its just really gone down hill in the last year or so... Weve tried to keep going but no longer can. The food is rubbery, cold, tough, hard and seriously un eatable!!! Somehow they even managed to make the soft serve ice cream more like liquid. The staff does not make you feel welcomed. They hardly took our plates and we had to ask for refills. I watched a waitress try and have a conversation with a man who was asking for a rag so he could clean off the booster seat for his child. She could not understand his simple request. He had to find another person. The whole place felt dirty and there were wet spots on the floor and my 12 year old daughter almost fell because there wasnt a "wet floor sign". Were gonna have to find a new China Buffet because we will NEVER go back there.
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A Private User
I havent been to this place in years. But they renovated it in the meantime and it looks very nice now. The decor is MUCH better than what it was. The seating is comfortable and welcoming. The restaurant was quite busy even though we came in at an off hour, around 3-4pm. A busy buffet is what you want. The food was fresh and was being replaced very quickly. The selection is pretty good. Everyone in our party found things they liked. The sushi bar isnt that great -- not a lot of fish pieces, mostly crabmeat stick pieces, but still I appreciated that they had a few choices in that regard. The mongolian grill is nice and the soups were good too. Our server that day was also very friendly and attentive. A happy experience overall.
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Asana Bodhitharta
This place is okay and the food has a lot of flavor, I did get food poisoning one time from their but I dont know how often that happens. They got a 3 because I LOVE duck which is what made me sick but hey I LOVE duck other wise I would have given a 2 after getting sick. The cooking was a hit or miss one day an item would look one way and the next totally different or one time they burned an item an left it out to be consumed or they completely messed up a recipe with cheese in a way that the entire pan was filled with oil with cheese on top like someone forgot an important ingredient but they still left it out, so that tells me most likely WHY i got sick...Anyway great potential but I only recommend if you are adventurous
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A Private User
Ive been to a few of the Chinese places in the area and this one is the worst by far for the price. They do have a lot of selection but the food was so-so with a lot of the buffet items empty due to lack of replenishment, other items tasted as though they had been sitting to long. The restaurant was set up horribly and not baby friendly and I just got the feeling it was dirty, chairs were torn, a few of the lights were flickering, and the floor was dirty. The only thing this place had going for it was the proximity to the hotel we were staying at, do yourself a favor and drive to a better place or order in.
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Katrina Pagel
Me and my mom wanted to try somewhere new so we decided to get Chinese, when we walked in we thought it was very nice looking untill we went to the buffet, the food looked like it had been sitting there for days, and when we got back to our table we took two bites of our food and it was just awful and cold. we were not there for even five min and we left and they still made us pay for there horrible food which we barely touched. I do not recommend going here. worst experience ever.
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A Private User
O.K. tried the mongolian grill, chicken was not cooked through. The meat offered on the line was dry. The only thing that I enjoyed was the rice, salad bar, and fruit tray. When paying the bill I asked if they had military discount, the man at the register replied: "Are you cheap?". I replied "No, but it doesnt hurt to ask", for a 25.00 bil I left the waitress 6.00 Gues Im so "CHEAP" Ill never go back, nor will I recommend this place to anyone.
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A Private User
Lol at the person who said its in the ghetto. Im sorry to say that just because you saw a lot of black people it doesnt mean its surrounded by gangsters. Before renovation I would have given this place 2 stars, after renovation I give 4. The place is 100% better than it was! The food is very good and fresh, especially the salad bar and the fried shrimp. We actually went twice in one week after our first time post-renovation. Yum!
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G HOUSE
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. We are visiting from california and stumbled this place fr google. Surprise for lunch buffet only $8.99 they offer delicious crabs, shrimps, salmon, clams, and yummy korean octopus! Very diverse selection and the dessert and egg tart are yummy. Their sushi and seaweed salad are good too! Very yummy and their server are very nice. :) they even play famous chinese songs in the background. GOOD EXPERIENCE :)
